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Old December 5, 2012, 09:50 PM   #1
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Help me identify this strange magazine - pistol caliber

I have a long stick handgun caliber magazine, like a 30 round Uzi magazine.

But instead of exactly rectangle, it is more wedgelike, wider in the back.

Appears to be .40 caliber. 12" length.

What does it go to?
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Old December 5, 2012, 09:56 PM   #2
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Old December 6, 2012, 08:50 AM   #3
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I don't know. But I'll hazard a guess based on your guess.
Wedge-like in a possible 40 caliber? How about a 357 Sig?
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Old December 6, 2012, 08:25 PM   #4
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Old December 6, 2012, 09:16 PM   #5
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Double stack, double feed? I'm not aware of any handguns using a mag like that, so a SMG, or a pistol-caliber conversion?
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Old December 7, 2012, 01:29 AM   #6
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It's double stack. Must be for a carbine.

The only release lever notch is in the back, so I'm thinking it must go to something with a rear release similar to an AK47.

This is very puzzling!
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Old December 7, 2012, 01:49 AM   #7
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RPB Industries Ingram M-10 or M-11

http://www.atomiclabrat.com/MAC%20Pa...0%20Trivia.htm
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Old December 8, 2012, 09:16 PM   #8
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Definitely not m10. Also, macs usually have a stop tab to prevent the mag from being jammed up to far into the action. Not saying it ISN'T m11, but I'd have to see a side-by-side comparison first.

Is it zytel? I suspect a ghetto blaster, like a tec. Possibly m11 380 too.

Good luck, very interesting.
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Old December 8, 2012, 09:35 PM   #9
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I think its a tec 9 magazine.
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Old December 8, 2012, 11:30 PM   #10
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Ya, just did a google image search for tec 9 mag. That's it. I can sleep now.
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Old December 9, 2012, 12:11 AM   #11
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It is NOT a Tec 9 mag.

Anyone else?
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Old December 9, 2012, 01:43 AM   #12
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What rounds fit in it properly?

Are you sure its not for a tec 9? The mags have the triangular shape like the tec 9 mag well. At the shop I worked at for a while we had a mag that had the same follower and shape and ended up going to a tec 9.
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Old December 9, 2012, 02:03 AM   #13
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9mm aug magazines are shaped kind of like that too. Where did you find it?
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Old December 9, 2012, 03:17 AM   #14
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I think I got it in a large lot that I purchased, thinking it was an Uzi mag.

I have not put it in a Tec 9, but I have examined it against picturse of a Tec 9 and the fittings do not appear to be the same.
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Old December 11, 2012, 10:15 PM   #15
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Old December 15, 2012, 02:37 PM   #17
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How about something in 7.62x25.
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Old December 18, 2012, 12:34 AM   #18
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Someone must know what this magazine goes to!
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Old December 20, 2012, 10:59 PM   #19
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It would have to be a double-stack mag for something like a TEC-9 or MAC-11 (9mm or 380), but the only way to know for sure is to actually try it in each of those; this appears to be an aftermarket magazine, so it will look different than the standard mag for those designs.
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Old December 22, 2012, 01:20 PM   #21
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magazine

Glock has a 33 round stick mag for the G-18, looks kinda like that
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Old December 31, 2012, 12:37 PM   #23
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Since you don't know what it's for, how will you know when you receive a correct answer?
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Old December 31, 2012, 12:48 PM   #24
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I can compare it to online pictures of suggested magazines. So far it has not matched any suggested mags.
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Just had a look at one of my 9mm Uzi mags. Could it possibly be a .41 AE mag for an Uzi?
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